Bath



Jan.- 2 2, 1924. 1,481,675

K. BERESFORD lBATH File@ Feb; 7, 1923 HE/v/vwYBEPEsFo ArroNEYS PatentedJan. Z2, 1924.

UNITE STATES KENNEDY BERESFORD, OF MERAN, ITALY. Y

BATH.

' Application mea February 7,. i923. serial No. 617,616.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KnuNnnYk BnREsFoRD,

a' citizen of Great Britain,` and resident of' 16 Karl Theodorstrasse,Meran, Italy7 havek invented certain Improvements in a Bath, of whichthe following is a specificalion.

The present invention relates to a bath adapted to be located in anyapartment and so arranged as to prevent any water splashing out of it.when in use, to reach the floor or walls of this apartment or thefurniture therein, while when out of use the bath looks like a chest orother piece of furniture. For this purpose the casing enclosing the bathtub is providedv with folding walls, so arranged that when folded openthey serve as screens or splash catching walls protecting the apartmentand its furniture from the splashing water andleading the same back intothe bath. Further details of the invention will be described hereinafterwith reference to the annexed drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the bath when out of use and v Fig. 2 inthe position ready for use,

' Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the bath with its parts in theposition ready for use as shown inFig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of va modification.

Substantially vertical side walls 1 and back wall 2 of a casing enclosethe bath tub 3, the flanged or grooved topfedges 4 of which reach upclose to the top kedges of the said walls The cover or lid 5 of thecasing' is hinged to the top edge of the back wall V2 while its frontedge is provided with Van overhanging rib or flange 6, which is adaptedto engage the top edge of the front wall'7 when the latter and the lidare in the closed position. When folded open the lid 5 is heldinposition by two wings8 hinged to the top edges of theside walls 1,which when folded open are Vin a substantially vertical position formingupward extensions of the said side walls.

The bottom edge of the front wall 7 of thev casing is hinged to the sidewalls orv to the bottom wall (if any) of the casingr and is provided atits top edge with a rib or projections 9 which may also serve ornaandinwards tolead the splashing water back to the interior :of thel casing.The

vsplashing water iiowing downV the wall 7 vmay be vcollected in a troughkor suitable receptacle that may be emptied from time to time. The frontwall may also be inclined outwards to lead thesplashing water to theexterior of the casing.

An electric Warming plate 10 may be provided on the wall 7 formoderately warming this wall which when folded down, serves asV a st-epwhen. the user gets out of the bath tub and dries himself, so that hisfeet may rest on a warmed step,l the electric switch for this wall 7 maybevoperated. by

hand or automatically on folding down the p same, or when the userputshis feet on it.

Instead of using a bath tub with an upper redge constructed andarranged. as above described, any existing bath tub may be ernployed onthe upper edge of which a sepa-V rate frame 13 is then mounted whichresembles the upperedge 4 above described and is provided at its endsand backs with yvertical flanges closely fitting to the walls y`1nanipulations-folding up the lid 5 and the wings 8 and folding downthe front wall` -theJ improved bath may be brought into the positionready for use and may be closed quite as easily. In the latter positionthe bath looks like a chest which maybe of any style or ornamented'inany way desired. What I claim is:

1. Ina bath the combination'of a bath` tub and a casing enclosingthesame. the said casing comprisingside walls, wings hinged to the upperedgesV of the side walls and ico adapted `to be folded upwards yinto asubstantially vertical position, a front wall adapted to be foldeddownwards into a position inclined toy the horizontal and a lid adaptedto be folded upwards into a substantially vertical position, this lidbeing adapted to engage with the rear edges of the said upwardly foldedwin s.

2. In bath the combination of batir tub :ind ,a 'siii enclosingr theSame, Vthe Said czsi'g cmprising side Walls, front Wall adapted to befolded downwards into'A a position inclined dovjnwmdsand towards thebath tub, a collecting trough between the inner edge of the front Walland the bath tub and a lid adapted tohe foldedup- Wards into asubstanlilly ve'rti'ol 'poi't-ion.

In agloafch, the` combination of Aa hath enclosing* sme, Vthe .Said@f1-Sing @QmvflilsfdeWalla frQnt will adapted .to be flded, @ww-'ds im@vpoition inclined lto the hoiiz'on'talrand lid a'dpted to be foldedhpv'rds into a suhstianti-ially Veitol position, ind frame supported hythe upper edge of the tub, such ramebeing provided at its end and backwith vertical flanges closely fitting the end and hack wall of thecasing.

In testimony whereof I have signed my "naine yto tlii Speoifilcation inthe presence of two subscribing` Witnesges. *n ix.

y KENNEDY BERESFORD. lVitnelslses: L; Ali'irI-IIR BApiiA'NNY,

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